Word: cervix
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...that he pioneered. German Gynecologist Ernst Gräfenberg, born in 1881, began inserting rings in the wombs of his patients in the 1920s. He first used rings made of surgical silk, but soon switched to silver wire. The insertion of wire required dilatation of the cervix, but Dr. Gräfenberg reported few complications and fewer unwanted pregnancies. Yet when other doctors decided to follow his example, there were many complaints-mainly excessive bleeding and inflammation in the pelvis. The rings fell into disrepute. After Dr. Grafenberg settled in the U.S. in 1940, he gave...
...nature of the material, provided only that it is inert enough to cause little or no reaction in the woman's tissues. Several IUCDS are flexible, such as those of plastic (a special polyethylene), silk or nylon thread, and can usually be inserted without dilatation of the cervix. Even so, insertion must be done by a doctor, and preferably by a specialist in gynecology. Insertion of a metal ring, with dilatation of the cervix, definitely calls for specialized skill...
...pills cause cancer? Medical purists argue that no one can be certain for 30 years or so. But present evidence from almost eight years' experience indicates that the answer is likely to be no. There are even a few shreds of hopeful evidence that cancer of the cervix and womb may be less common among women taking the pills...
...least 40,000 cancer deaths (including almost 13,000 women with easily detectable cancer of the cervix) could be prevented every year if available treatments were fully applied...
...most encouraging cases was a Jaluo woman of 35 whose cervix had been replaced by a fast-growing cancer mass. In four courses of treatment, totaling 15 days, the cancer shrank progressively. Within a month it disappeared. Now, more than four months after treatment, she is well, and apparently has no cancer remaining. To be on the safe side, the surgeons planted the outer ends of the polyethylene tubes under her skin so that they can easily resume treatment if it becomes necessary...